ArmInfo. At the plenary meeting of the 225th session of the UNESCO Executive Board, the Permanent Delegate of the Republic of Armenia to UNESCO made a statement reaffirming Armenia's support for efforts to strengthen UNESCO's mandate and welcoming the "UNESCO80" process.

ArmInfo. Swiss Foreign Minister and OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Ignazio Cassis will visit Armenia and Georgia. This was reported by the press service of the Swiss Foreign Ministry.

ArmInfo.A new biodiversity park will be established in the heart of the capital, covering approximately 1.2 hectares adjacent to the Matenadaran. This latest project, dedicated to the 35th anniversary of IDBank’s founding, is being implemented jointly with Matenadaran, with the parties having signed a memorandum of understanding and an agreement․

ArmInfo. Under Armenia's chairmanship, a meeting of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) Working Group on Culture was held online.

ArmInfo. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan once again stated that the current government's strategic goal is to create alternatives for the Armenian people. He stated this in an interview with Radio France International in response to a question about whether the current Armenian government seeks EU membership.

ArmInfo. The final cost of hosting the 17th Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (COP17) is still unknown, as certain organizational work is ongoing. Armenian Deputy Foreign Minister Robert Abisogomonyan stated this in a conversation with journalists on October 12, when asked to specify the country's expenditure on this international event.

ArmInfo. Yerevan Mayor Tigran Avinyan once again addressed the issue of traffic congestion due to accidents in the city. During a working meeting on October 12, he reiterated that in the event of an accident without serious consequences, those involved must vacate the roadway within 15 minutes or face a fine.

ArmInfo. Armenian authorities, who broadcast live on every possible occasion and hold forth at length from various platforms, have yet to clarify the precise direction in which the Azerbaijani serviceman illegally crossed the border into the Republic of Armenia. Former Armenian parliament member and security expert Tigran Abrahamyan wrote this on his Facebook page.

ArmInfo.  At the regular meeting of the Yerevan Council of Elders on October 13, the authorities of the Yerevan city administration plan to approve a new system of calculating salaries for city hall officials, in which the mayor's salary will increase by more than 50% from 1,320,000 drams to 2,080,000 drams, an increase of 760,000 drams. This was reported by a member of the Armenian parliament from the opposition faction "Armenia" Mesrop Manukyan.

ArmInfo. Armenian authorities have artificially created problems for residents of Armenian villages engaged in agricultural production, without solving any of their other problems. This was stated by Levon Kocharyan, a member of parliament from the Armenia faction, in an interview with journalists after meeting with residents of villages facing a difficult situation due to Russian restrictions on Armenian produce.

ArmInfo. Experts have begun analyzing the indictment and verdict against renowned philanthropist and former Artsakh State Minister Ruben Vardanyan, who was sentenced to twenty years in prison by the Baku Military Court.

ArmInfo. Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan has traveled to Poland to participate in the Warsaw Security Forum. This was reported by the press service of the Armenian Foreign Ministry.

ArmInfo. Attorney Yerem Sargsyan has published a video recording of negotiations between his client, Prosperous Armenia Party leader and businessman Gagik Tsarukyan, and Iranian businessmen, proving his innocence.

ArmInfo. The Armenian Ministry of Defense reported the death of another soldier in the country's armed forces.

ArmInfo. The State Supervisory Service of Armenia has summarized the results of its inspection of procurement process control procedures for the first nine months of 2026.

ArmInfo. Temperatures in Armenia will remain unchanged over the next five days, according to a statement from the Center for Hydrometeorology and Monitoring of the Ministry of Environment.

ArmInfo. The press service of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan denied his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in Turkmenistan.

ArmInfo. Armenia has recorded significant progress in a number of areas within the framework of the Armenia-EU Visa Liberalization Action Plan. This was stated in a statement by the Armenian Ministry of Internal Affairs. It is reported that the second EU assessment mission on the implementation of the Action Plan is in Armenia.

ArmInfo. Restoration work continues at 17 cultural heritage sites in Armenia.

ArmInfo. Residents of the Verin Dvin community in Armenia's Ararat region blocked the Yerevan-Ashtarak highway due to problems selling tomatoes after state subsidies were discontinued.